Numbers 20:21

So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

In Context

20And he said, Thou shalt not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.

22And they departed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:4And charge the people, saying, Ye are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly.

Deuteronomy 2:27I will pass through thy land: I will go by the road, I will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days forever.

Judges 11:24Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chemosh thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the land of all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you?

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:15-22

Ambassadors Sent to Edom. ( b. c. 1452.) 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the Lord , he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I… Read the whole commentary →

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